Welcome to Pacific Dawn

DisAbled Womens Network

"Dedicated to Joan Meister & Pat Kelln"(late members)

Planting the Seeds of Inclusion

Pacific Dawn's mission is to end the poverty, isolation, discrimination and
violence experienced by women with disAbilities. We are working to ensure we get the
services and supports we need, have access to opportunities that non-disAbled
people take for granted, and have freedom of choice in all aspects of our lives.

As a feminist grassroots cross-disAbility organization, Pacific DAWN
works on ending the isolation for women with disAbilities, skill
development aimed at increasing the participation of women with disAbilities
in public policy discussions, and encouraging and supporting the
autonomy and self-realization of its members, as women, as people
with disAbilities and as citizens of Canada.

With a grant from the Western Regional office, Status of Women, the women
of Pacific DAWN have embarked on a quest ­ a revitalization of the
network, one which has as a lofty goal, the ending of exclusion for women
with disAbilities..